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Week-in-Review: July 25th-July 31st, 1966.
The Brewers won 3 games this week while losing 4. They dropped 2 of 3 to the first place Los Angeles Spinners and then split a 4-game series at Charlotte against the 9th place Sting.
Who's Hoppy? Soon to be 20-year old shortstop Chad Brown (.261/.303/.352, 0.7 WAR) got hot at the plate this week as he went 10 for 23, scoring 1 run (49), driving in 3 (21), hitting his 22nd double of the season and picking up steal number 13. Although he also committed a handful of errors this week to boost his season total to 23 (he committed 43 errors in 1965), he also continues to show great defensive talent and has the potential to win a Gold Glove after he matures a bit.
Who's Hungover? Defensive specialist and multi-positional back-up Jose Bravo (..195/.271/.276, 0.2 WAR) continues to struggle at the plate. He picked up 2 singles in 17 AB's this week, scoring 1 run (15) and striking out 3 times (42, to 18 BB's). He was also caught stealing once and is now 5 for 7 in stolen base attempts.
What's Brewing Around the League? Reigning league champs Jacksonville (SJL) and Los Angeles (MGL) continue to dominate and are stretching out their leads heading into August. Jacksonville is now on an eleven game winning streak and leads the SJL by 5 games over Columbus (61-47) and 6 1/2 ahead of both Pittsburgh (58-47) and San Antonio (59-48). Los Angeles is now 67-36 to take a 7 1/2 game lead over Portland (60-44.) Baltimore is in a distant third place at 12 games behind (56-49.) Jacksonville's star young leftfielder, Travis Johnson, is currently leading all of the WPK in batting average at .398.
The Streak Souffront Saga: Ruben continued to do well in AAA (.331/.401/.465, 0.9 WAR) and with updated reports delivered by the scouting staff as July ended, it was decided by the Brewers front office that it was time to bring Souffront back up to the big league club. Defensive standout Andy Wing, who shows very little ability at the plate, was demoted to Chester to make room for Souffront.
Brewers Power Ranking: #14 (#1 JAC, #2 L.A., #3 POR, #4 PIT, #5 S.A.)
Brewers Record: 48-57, .457, 8th place MGL, 20 gb L.A.
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